त्रीन् पथो हेतुना केन प्लावयेल्लोकपावनी। कथं गङ्गा त्रिपथगा विश्रुता सरिदुत्तमा॥
trīn patho hetunā kena plāvayellokapāvanī| kathaṃ gaṅgā tripathagā viśrutā sariduttamā||
English Meaning
Why is it that purifier of the worlds lave three directions? And why is that foremost of streams, Gangā, famous as wending in three ways
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)